A small piece of IT with some coming out of me.

  • Barnes, Mary, 1923–2001
Date:
10th May 1968
Reference:
3316827i
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About this work

Description

Sage green paint marks around a teal green and black area of paint in the bottom centre of the painting.

Publication/Creation

[London] : 10th May 1968.

Physical description

1 painting : paint on paper ; 40.6 x 50.7 cm

Related material

Wellcome Collection also holds the Mary Barnes Archive, reference PP/MBA https://wellcomecollection.org/works/rpjx3pqx

Lettering

Top. Finger painting. 10.5.68. a small piece of IT with some coming out of me. (written in biro on the reverse)

Copyright note

All rights reserved.

Reference

Wellcome Collection 3316827i

Exhibitions note

Exhibited in '20th Century Women' at The Gallery of Everything, London, 10 October 2021 - 14 November 2021.

Notes

The title has been taken from wording on the object.
Painted while Mary Barnes lived in Kingsley Hall, London, an experimental therapeutic community founded by R.D. Laing.

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